Dura

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Conceived as one poem, Myung Mi Kims Dura is a whirling experimental symphony of images, forms and rhythms assembled and juxtaposed to translate the experience and gestures of the Korean immigrant woman surviving in America at the end of theMoreConceived as one poem, Myung Mi Kims Dura is a whirling experimental symphony of images, forms and rhythms assembled and juxtaposed to translate the experience and gestures of the Korean immigrant woman surviving in America at the end of the twentieth century. Its language negotiates a past -- How was it to be the first arrivals in rows and columns -- as well as a present -- A perceiver without a state, and has already gained Kim recognition as among the most moving and important translators in contemporary poetry. Dura by Myung Mi Kim